Bottle



(No Model.)-

F. P. INGRAM.

BOTTLE.

Patented Sept. 6,- 1892.

AT'ENT FREDERICK F. INGRAM, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,953, dated September 6, 1892.

Application filed May 6, 1892. Serial No. 432,023. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK F. INGRAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable thers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottles; and it consists of the construction and combination of devices hereinafter specified and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a view of the bottle without the cap and covering. Fig. 4 isa detail view of a modification. Fig. 5 is a detail View to illustrate more fully by comparison the novelty of my present invention. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view in section to better illustrate the engagement of the covering in the groove at the top of the body of the bottle.

My invention is designed to provide a novel and superior manner of fastening a skin covering over the top of a bottle when filled, sealing the bottle more securely, and adding to its general appearance.

The practice of applying a skin covering over the stopper of a bottle is well understood.

A represents a bottle of any suitable material.

In Fig. 5 an ordinary bottle is shown, having the usual neck A, provided with a lip a at the top thereof. Under this lip a the edge of the skin covering is commonly drawn and there tied.

My invention contemplates drawing the skin covering down over the shoulder and tying it at the upper end of the body of the bottle just below the shoulder instead of tying it under a lip at the top of the neck in the usual manner. .To this end I carry out my invention as follows:

A denotes the neck of my improved bottle. My object is to dispense with the usual long neck and make it as short as possible, the

neck being simply long enough for the engagement of a stopper or cap B therewith. In the instance shown in Figs. 2, 3, and dthe neck is exteriorly threaded to engage a correspondingly-constructed cap.

A is a shoulder flaring outward on a curve or angle, the flaring shoulder extending directly from the base of the short neck A to the top of the body of the bottle A. Just below the shoulder at the top of the bottle I form an annular retaining-groove a.

O is the covering, of kid or other suitable material, stretched over the cap and shoulder and tied down thereover upon the bottle.

The edge of the covering 0 is brought over the shoulder into the groove 0. and a cord or band D is tied thereover, the cord or band entering the groove and pressing the edgeof the covering thereinto, whereby the tie and covering are securely held in place. The cord or band being tightly drawn into the groove, is firmly held thereby and the coverin gis secured from accidental disengagement. The shoulder A also, it will be obsegyed, being formed as above specified, forms'a backing for the covering adjacent thereto. The covering extending down to the groove thereover is in so close proximity thereto as to either be in actual contact therewith or rest so closely thereto that any pressure, as in handling, will readily bring the covering into contact with the shoulder, so as to effectually prevent the rupture of the covering or its disengagement from the tie cord or band as would be liable to be the case were not the bottle constructed with a shoulder so formed. The purpose of this construction is furthered, also, by an additional band D, tied about the covering adjacent to the base of the cap B at one side and brought down to the groove on the opposite side, as shown.

I do not not limit myself alone to the use of a cap having a screw-threaded engagement with the neck, as any stopper may be employed within the scope of my invention. So, also, instead of a groove to receive the tie cord or band the same result would be attained if the bottle were formed with a header flangeat that point over which the covering could be drawn and below which the cord could be tied. Such a bead is shown in Fig. 4 at c Whether the bottle be constructed with a bead or groove it is formed with a retaining-flange just above the tie cord or ribbon.

It would be obviously impracticable to apply the covering with its edge drawn down over the shoulder and secure its edge at the top of the body of the bottle unless there was provided a surface underneath the cover to form a backing thereto. This will be readily seen by referring to Fig. 5. Should it be attempted to extend a skin covering thus to the top of the body of the bottle, it would necessarily take the direction of the dotted lines in said figure. In such a bottle of ordinary construction there would be nothing to fasten the edge of the covering to at the top of the body of the bottle, and even were means so provided at that point there would be no backing for the covering (behind the covering) as behind the dotted lines.

It is well understood that the skin coverings are first wet and stretched in a wet condition upon the bottle. Consequently were such an application of the covering attempted as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 5, it could not be made secure, for the reason that the skin in drying would so shrink as to draw away from the tie cord or band, and even if this should not occur seizure of the bottle upon the neck, as would be liable to be the case, would press in and rupture the skin; but my invention overcomes all this difliculty in the manner described.

My improved bottle has no lip on the neck, its absence facilitating the application of the covering in close proximity to the shoulder.

The appearance of a bottle covered as my invention contemplates is very different from that of bottles covered in the ordinary manner.

Myinvention ispreferably applied toawidemouthed bottle, as such a form limits the dis tance from the base of the neck to the outer periphery of the shoulder, therebyfacilitating the application of the covering and rendering it more secure. The dispensing with the neck except so much thereof as is necessary simply for stoppering also facilitates the object in View.

The bottle so constructed has all the ad- A cord (1 may be emvantages of a pot.

ployed underneath the band D for more effectually securing the cover in the groove (4', said cord (1 being concealed by the band D, as shown in Fig. 6.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A bottle formed with a short neck, a shoulder, a fastening-flange to retain a tie cord or band, located below the shoulder at the top of the body of the bottle, said shoulder flaring from the base of the neck outward to said flange, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A bottle formed with a short neck threaded 011 its exterior, a shoulder, a fasteningfiange to retain a tie cord or band, located below the shoulder at the top of the body of the bottle, said shoulder flaring outward from the base of the neck to said flange, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

A bottle formed with a neck, a shoulder, a retaining-flange below the shoulder at the top of the body of the bottle, a stopper engaging the neck, a covering applied over the stopper and extending downward over the shoulder to the top of the body of the bottle, and a tie cord or band engaged over the edge of the covering below said retaining-flange,

said shoulder and neck forming abacking in close proximity to said co\ 'ering, substantially as set forth.

l. A bottle formed with a wide-mouthed neck of only sutlicient length for stoppering, a shoulder, a retaining-flange below the shoulder at the top of the body of the bottle, a cap having a screw-threaded engagement upon the neck, a covering applied over the cap and extending downward over the shoulder to the top of the body of the bottle, anda tie cord or band engaged over the edge of the covering below said retaining-flange, said shoulder and capped neck forming a backing in close proximity to said covering, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK F. INGRAM. lVitnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, JOHN F. MILLER. 

